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J. H. GRI'DLEY.

MOP W'RINGER.

No. 75,679. Patented Mar, 17, 1868.

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JAMES H. GRIDLEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO S. F, DICKINSON, OF NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent 2%. 75,679, dated March 17, 1868.

IMPROVED MOP-WRINGBR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that Linus H. GMDLEY, of the city and county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a. new and improved Mop-Wringer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of tho construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this spe'cificatiomin which- Figure 1 representsm vertical section through the line a: a; of fig. 2.

Eigurefi is a. top view.

'lho obje'ot of this invention is to produce a. cheap,'simple, and easily-operated device, which can beused in connection with u wash-tub, of any size or form, which will ofier ,no impedlmentto the introduction of the mop into the tub, and which will express the water from the mop without any loss of time, with the application of'b ut littlepowor, and ivith no tendency to capsize the tub.

In the drawings, A represents the wash-tub, and B B are two parallel burs of wood that constitute the supporting-frame of the mop-wringer, resting on thetop of the tub when the instrument is in use, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. C C are two hinged or pivoted frames or hoards, lying parallel to each other, and connecting the pieces B B: One of them, 0, is pivoted at its lower edge,-by means ofjournols at its extremities bearing in the inner edge of the pieces 13 B; tho'other, C, is pivoted in the some molnner, but at a. point above its lower edge, so that a. portion of it, equal in extent to the frame 0, rises above the top of the tub, while a portion, C projects below .the side-pieces into" the tub.

A connecting-rod, D, ezgtends'irom about the middle of the frame G.to the lower edge of the port, 0, ot the opposite frame, and a spiral spring, or anclastic, E, connects the lower edge of said part (L with some fixed point, e, on one of the side-pieces B The connecting-rod nlnd spring may be employed at each end of the plates or boards'C (3, extending alongtho-innor edge of each side-piece, as shown in fig. 2. Along the upper edge of ouch frame, extends a. roller, R, which rotates freely on its journals. I

The instrument being set upon the top of a tub, as shown in the drawings, the operation of the spring E is such as to force the rollers R R apart, causing all ports of the apparatus to assume the position shown in dark' linesin figs. 1 and 2, and lcovibg the tub open, so that tiiereis nothing to obstruct the dipping of. the mop into the water. The mop having been dipped is withdrawn, and, as it loorcs the Water, the operator plucos her foot upon one of the frumes'G G, and presses it down, bringing both rollers together against the mop, and cuusing all the purts'of the apparatus to assume the position'shown in the red lines. The pen-ts being held in this position her foot, she draws the mop up between the rollers, wringing thewater from itjust in propor tion to the pressure exerted by her foot upon the hinged hoard. I

This instrument, as will be observed from the brief descriptionalreudy. given, isslmple end cheap in con. structiou, and oanjbe used inconnection with any-kind ol'-w'ash-tub. Itrequires noadjustment, and is operated by a. simple pressure of the foot upon the hinged bonrd o'r frames, requiring but u moment ofthne, und not oven rendering it necessary to change the direction or position, nor to arrest the motion of the map, in withdrawing it from the tub. When the foot is removed from the hinged board, the rollers separate nutoiniiticnlly, leaving the tub open as before.

To prevent mopEn-uipgers' froui slippingon the tubs with which they a're used, they have been heretofore clumped to the side of the tub by a screw or somc'similor device, I fix mine firmly in position, however, without the use of any clumping-apparatus by simply sinking its corners into notches cut in the top of thetub for the purpose, as shownut 7?. 1i n n. Thps, dispcnsingwith the clump, I render the nppnrutus simpler and cheaper in construction, and more r eedily attachable to and removable from the tub than uny hitherto in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of the pivoted boards or l'rnmcs G G with the connecting-rod D, in the innnncr and For the purposes set forth. I p Y 2. In combination with th'e'bourds G 0, rod -D, and spring" E, I claim the 'rollers R It, sllbstanlinllv as and, for the purpose specified 3. I cluim'the nboverdesoriberl inctnod ol' attaching the mop-winger to the tub, when in use, to prevent its:

sit {n u on the tub subistnntiull as se't'fort-h.

PP p JAMES H. GRIDLEY.

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